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9:50 PM ET, August 14, 2023

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Georgia court website briefly publishes, removes document about potential Trump charges — The Fulton County, Georgia, court's website briefly posted a document on Monday listing several criminal charges against former U.S. President Donald Trump that appeared related to his attempts to overturn …

CNN:

Exclusive: Former Republican legal officials endorse special counsel's speedy trial date proposal in Trump Jan. 6 case — Nearly a dozen Republican-appointed former judges and high-ranking federal senior legal officials on Monday endorsed the January 2, 2024, trial date proposed …

Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story, Political Wire and Election Law Blog

New York Times:

Georgia Trump Investigation — Grand Jurors Hear Hours of Testimony in Election Interference Case — Prosecutors brought at least three witnesses before a grand jury considering efforts by former President Donald J. Trump and his allies to overturn Georgia's results in the 2020 election.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Hill and Political Wire

Erin Doherty / Axios:

Trump tells Georgia witness not to testify … - “He shouldn't. … - Duncan, who criticized Trump's false election fraud claims in 2020, said Saturday that he had been told to appear Tuesday before the Fulton County grand jury. — “Republicans should never let honesty be mistaken for weakness,” he wrote in a post on X.

Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump jabs at judge in election case, testing warning against ‘inflammatory’ statements

Discussion: NBC News, Breitbart, American Greatness, The Hill, Raw Story, Digby's Hullabaloo, Mediaite and Washington Post

Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
How a law associated with mobsters could be central in possible charges against Trump

Discussion: HotAir, Erick Erickson's Show Notes, Associated Press, Insider and Florida Politics

CNN:
Trump has no plans to stop posting about 2020 election conspiracy case despite stern warnings from judge

Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite, HuffPost, Morning Shots, The Guardian and Washington Examiner

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump ups the ante on going after judges and witnesses. Where's the line?

Discussion: Raw Story, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, PoliticusUSA and Mediaite

Jewel Wicker / The Guardian:
'He's going to be very surprised': Georgia DA Fani Willis prepares to face off with Trump

Discussion: The Hill, Fox News, Washington Post, The Post Millennial, The Messenger, Washington Examiner, ABC News, Raw Story, CNN, Political Wire and The Gateway Pundit

David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Spent The Weekend Publicly Attacking His Judge

Discussion: Associated Press, Wall Street Journal and BizPac Review

Jonathan Turley / The Messenger:
Georgia on My Mind: A Fourth Trump Indictment Needs Something Other Than ‘The Call’

Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
Why Georgia's case against Trump could be so damaging

Discussion: Washington Times, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Messenger, Just The News, The Guardian, The Status Kuo, The Hill, Political Wire and Daily Kos

Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Bid to Sink the Manhattan DA's Case Has Already Made It Stronger

Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story

New York Times:
Two Months in Georgia: How Trump Tried to Overturn the Vote

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Daily News, The Hill, The Spectator World, MSNBC, PoliticusUSA, CNN, USA Today, Election Law Blog, Reuters, Politico, Rolling Stone, The Messenger, The Daily Caller and ABC News

David Jackson / USA Today:
‘Daring the judge’: Donald Trump attacks judge in 2020 election case, despite her warnings

Discussion: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Associated Press, New York Post, Raw Story, Washington Times and 19FortyFive

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP sees turnout disaster without Trump

Discussion: The Guardian, Raw Story, The Post Millennial and The Message Box

Kate Selig / Washington Post:

Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision — ‘This is a monumental decision,’ said a lawyer for the young plaintiffs, and could influence how judges handle similar cases in other states — In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday …

Discussion: Associated Press, New York Times, NBC News, Rolling Stone, Reuters, Al Jazeera, New York Daily News, Ars Technica, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, The Messenger, Distractions and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Lesley Clark / Politico:
Montana judge sides with youth in historic climate trial

Discussion: Financial Times, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Semafor and Just The News

Sam Wilson / Helena Independent Record:
Judge rules in favor of youth plaintiffs in Montana climate case

Discussion: Grist, Pluribus News, Mother Jones, Florida Phoenix and The Verge

Garrett Epps / Washington Monthly:

The Looming Supreme Court Nullification Crisis — “In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth,” Alabama Governor George Wallace proclaimed in his 1963 inaugural address at the state capitol in Montgomery, the first seat of the Confederacy, “I draw the line in the dust …

Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Alabama Republicans defend not creating a second majority Black district in court

Discussion: Associated Press, CBS News, NPR, al.com, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Civil Discourse …, New York Times, Washington Examiner and The Hill

Michael A. Fletcher / ESPN:

‘Blind Side’ subject Oher alleges Tuohys made millions off lie — Retired NFL star Michael Oher, whose supposed adoption out of grinding poverty by a wealthy, white family was immortalized in the 2009 movie “The Blind Side,” petitioned a Tennessee court Monday with allegations that a central element …

Charlotte Alter / TIME:

She Wasn't Able to Get an Abortion. Now She's a Mom. Soon She'll Start 7th Grade. — Ashley just had a baby. She's sitting on the couch in a relative's apartment in Clarksdale, Miss., wearing camo-print leggings and fiddling with the plastic hospital bracelets still on her wrists.

Discussion: The Guardian, Insider and Eschaton

Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:

Bodycam video shows confrontation between U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson and law enforcement — The footage shows Jackson being tackled to the ground and placed in handcuffs, with the Amarillo Republican directing a profanity-laced tirade toward a trooper. His office has said Jackson, a physician …

CBS News:

Coast Guard rescues 4 divers who went missing off the Carolinas — Four divers were found and rescued about 50 miles off the coast of Cape Fear, North Carolina, after going missing on Sunday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Crews with the Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy had been searching for the divers since at least Sunday night.

Discussion: United States Coast Guard News, New York Post, Metro.co.uk, Insider, WHDH-TV, One America News Network, NPR, UPI, Fox News, The Sun, Washington Examiner and New York Daily News

Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:

DeSantis urges Bob Iger to drop Disney lawsuit, accept the end of ‘special privileges’ — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told CNBC that Disney CEO Bob Iger should drop his company's political retaliation lawsuit. — The lawsuit centers on Walt Disney World's special tax district …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Hill, Slate, Raw Story and Florida Politics

David Brooks / The Atlantic:

How America Got Mean — In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world. — Over the past eight years or so, I've been obsessed with two questions. The first is: Why have Americans become so sad?

Steven Shepard / Politico:

Nevada jumps in front of South Carolina in GOP early voting — After announcing its caucuses will be Feb. 8, only one of the four early states is left to set its primary date. — Nevada's 2024 GOP presidential caucuses will be on Feb. 8 of next year, jumping ahead of the South Carolina primary …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Nevada Republican Party, New York Times, Fox News, The Hill, The Messenger, CNN, Political Wire and Associated Press

Politico:

The GOP Senate candidate whose Trump ambassador stint is coming back to haunt him — National Republicans were wary of Jeffrey Gunter's bid to begin with. He jumped into the Nevada primary anyway. — Republican Senate hopeful Jeffrey Gunter is learning a painful lesson: What happens in Reykjavik doesn't always stay in Reykjavik.

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:

Finger-pointing begins inside Trump team over Jan. 6 indictment — From the moment special counsel Jack Smith listed six co-conspirators in Donald Trump's Jan. 6 indictment but didn't name or charge them, a major question has been which of them might be tempted to flip and serve as witnesses for the prosecution.

Discussion: Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Political Wire and PoliticusUSA

Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:

Ammon Bundy Finally Appears In Court After Weekend Arrest — An Idaho hospital is accusing the militia leader of hiding assets to avoid a multi-million dollar payout. — Far-right activist Ammon Bundy has claimed to have approximately $50,000. He actually controls ten times that much, according to a hospital that is suing him.

Discussion: Raw Story, Idaho Capital Sun and Fox News

Lauren Sforza / The Hill:

DeSantis says he will slash ‘footprint’ of all DC federal agencies by 50 percent — GOP presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed to cut the “footprint” of all D.C. federal agencies in half if he is elected to the White House in 2024. — “We're going to let the economy function again …

Discussion: Washington Examiner